History VisualNovel / ItLives

*** In Chapter 13, if you take the premium choice to go with Parker into Sutcliffe Manor, Harper calls him [[Franchise/MetalGear Solid Snake]] while asking what the plan is.

* TheOutsiderBefriendsTheBest: The PlayerCharacter of the second novel is an [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Ordinary College Student]] who arrives in the town of Pine Springs and befriends (with a possibility for romance) SpoiledSweet Imogen Westcott, daughter of the town's power couple.

* NoCanonForTheWicked: Averted. Although the player can carry over any ending to the first book when starting the sequel, the default settings show the "worst" ending: [[spoiler: Devon takes Jane's place as Redfield and everyone else loses the game of Are You Scared, leaving Noah as the only survivor.]] [[note]]This is because it leads to a massive nerve drop for Tom.[[/note]]

* StoryBranchFavoritism: The game clearly favors the decision to let [[spoiler:Noah take over as Redfield]] since it requires Noah to have high Nerve score and the other ending draws very little reaction from the other characters. It continues into the next book, in which making the favored decision gives Tom a net of +8 nerve while the converse gives him -5. Besides, the default route for ''Beneath'' shows the "worst" ending: [[spoiler: Devon takes Jane's place as Redfield and everyone else dies, leaving only Noah alive.]] [[note]]This is because it leads to a massive nerve drop for Tom.[[/note]]

* BigBad: Redfield, aka Mr. Red, [[spoiler:revealed to be Jane.]]

* ThinkInText: The player character's thoughts are shown with parentheses on both sides.

* StoryBranchFavoritism: The game clearly favors the decision to let [[spoiler:Noah take over as Redfield]] since it requires Noah to have high Nerve score and the other ending draws very little reaction from the other characters. It continues into the next book, in which making the favored decision gives Tom a net of +8 nerve while the converse gives him -5.

* SequelHook: [[spoiler: If you bought the premium choice to go with the Survivor (Devon/Noah) to see Mr. Red (whoever was chosen), an epilogue plays of Connor meeting Jocelyn, letting her know just what happened that day at the prom and that he, along with the Woods and Beneath teams and anyone else who finds the Power will be grouping up to stop it.]]

* NoCanonForTheWicked: Averted. Although the player can carry over any ending to the first book when starting the sequel, the default settings represent what many players would consider the "worst" ending: [[spoiler: Devon takes Jane's place as Redfield and everyone else loses the game of Are You Scared, leaving Noah as the only survivor.]]

* AdultFear: Imagine your children befriending a stranger they met in secret only for that stranger to be responsible for the death of one of your children. Then, years later, that stranger comes back and stalks, harasses and threatens your children without you knowing.

* SequelDifficultySpike: In ''It Lives In The Woods'', everyone's Nerve scores except Dan's start at 100, and you have to avoid losing too much. In ''It Lives Beneath'', everyone's Nerve score starts at 0, and you have to gain nerve in addition to not losing what you have. Nerve checks are also harder to pass in the latter.

* TheOutsiderBefriendsTheBest: The PlayerCharacter of the second novel is an [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Ordinary College Student]] who arrives in the town of Pine Springs and befriends (with a possibility for romance) SpoiledSweet Imogen Westcott, daughter of the town's PowerCouple.

* KillEmAll: Depending on the nerve meter of the characters, one of the outcomes of the finale [[spoiler:is that everyone dies.]]

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* HotterAndSexier: If you survive the "Are you scared" game, all the ''It Lives in the Woods'' characters are now adults.